2.7.9. Moab

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The toponym Moab denotes the landscape to the east of the Jordan between the Dead Sea in the west, the Arabian Desert in the east and the Wadi el-Hesa in the south. Its northern boundary ran at various removes north and south of the Wadi el-Muğğib (OT River Arnon; Barrington Atlas 71) [8]; [9]; [10]. Despite various attempts – all topological in nature – to explain it, the etymology of the toponym remains unclear. It was only la…